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A puffin sits on a rock.

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The Return of the Puffins

Atlantic puffins (Fratercula arctica) used to be quite common along the Maine coast...

A summertime channel carries melted ice to the sea. Antarctica and Greenland lose around 350 billion tons of ice each year from such melting.

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Ice Melt at the Poles

It’s confirmed: both Antarctica and Greenland are losing ice—around 350 billion...

The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and more than a mile thick.

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Jakobshavn Glacier

The Greenland glacier Jakobshavn Isbrae is massive, at around 40 miles long and...